Eastlake, OH – The Peoria Chiefs were shutout for the second time in five games and swept by the Lake County Captains 4-0 in game two of Sunday’s double header. The Captains earn both the double header and series sweep as the Chiefs fall to 9-14 on the season with a 1-5 roadtrip.
The Chiefs had the first chance to score in the second inning. Casey Turgeon doubled to right with one out against Brock Hartson and Vaughn Bryan followed with an infield single. With runners on the corners, Dylan Becker flew out to left and Turgeon was out at the plate to end the inning on a strong through by Ka’ai Tom. The Chiefs did not have another base runner in the game.
Brennan Leitao kept the Captains off the board through three innings. In the fourth inning Tyler Krieger singled with one out and moved to third on a stolen base and wild pitch. Martin Cervenka’s sacrifice fly to center field scored Krieger for a 1-0 Captains lead.
The Chiefs offense couldn’t get anything else going against Hartson or reliever Matt Whitehouse. Lake County added on in the sixth as Willi Castro singled to start the inning and Cervenka doubled with one out. Connor Marabell’s two-run single to right scored both runners for a 3-0 lead and Stephen De La Cruz took over on the mound for Leitao. A single and a sacrifice fly gave the Captains a 4-0 lead.
Leitao (1-2) took the loss allowing four runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings. He struck out two and did not issue a walk. De La Cruz allowed one hit and picked up a strikeout in 2/3 of an inning.
Notes: Starting pitchers have gone at least five innings in all 24 games…Peoria had two runners thrown out at the plate on the roadtrip and lost three runners on the basepaths in Sunday’s double header…The Chiefs were last swept on the road in a three game series on June 3-5, 2015 in Great Lakes…Peoria went 1-5 on the roadtrip with eight runs scored in the five losses and 11 runs scored in the win…The Chiefs are 2-12 when scoring four runs or less…Peoria is 1-7 since winning back-to-back home games against Wisconsin April 21-22…Sunday was the first double header of the season for both teams…The Chiefs return home to start a six-game homestand Monday at 6:30 p.m. against the Bowling Green Hot Rods (Tampa Bay Rays)…The Chiefs will start RH Derian Gonzalez (0-0, 2.50) against Hot Rods RHP Jose Mujica (1-1, 4.82)…Monday is another Beer and Brats night with $3.00 craft beers and bratwursts…The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 6:15 p.m. on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android. The broadcast is also available on the Peoria Chiefs Network in the Tune-In Radio App.
